I managed to make contact with the “rarest of the rare” remote locations
for amateur radio operators this morning, K1N, on Navassa
Island. It’s a tiny place between Hati, Cuba, and Jamacia. It is
administered by the US, but remains disputed between the US and Hati.

Here I sit, looking at past projects (portfolio) and posts thinking of
the work that goes into the site versus the work that goes into the
content. The result is, too much time goes into the site and not enough
into the content. There must be an easier way. A way to encourage myself
to write more content and avoid my temptation to tinker with site
mechanics.

Introduction to the programming concepts involved with autonomous
robotic systems. Using off the shelf robot kits students will design a
simple robotic platform to meet specific goals. Then, using a common
platform for the remainder of the course, students will develop their
programming capabilities. Simple open-ended, feedback, and artifial
intelligence systems will be explored throughout the. Several benchmarks
and robot competitions will be used demonstrate the platform and
programming learned in the course.

An updated version of The United States iPad app was released that
includes changes to the user interface to make it feel more at home on
iOS 7. There were changes to colors and the style of the user interface.
Also, corrected a spelling error or two!

This course is a bottom up construction of a layered operating system
beginning with the hardware interface and ending with the user
interface. Specific topics covered include concurrent processes, process
management, I/O, virtual memory, file management, resource scheduling,
and performance measurement. Students are assumed to be familiar with
general machine architecture, functions of system software (compilers,
loaders, editors, etc.), data structures, and to have some experience
with UNIX or another multiprogramming operating system.